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(Our favorite showstoppers?
Her trifle terrine and Ode to the Honeybee entremet.)
What did you have to do to prove yourself as a worthy contestant?Itsquiteexhausting.
From start to finish, it was many months.
But it really depends on how much you want to spend.
For me, I dont need too much practice.
Or others will spend a lot of money on the presentation, like a special cake stand.
Theyre certainly nice, but I didnt think the judges took that into account much.
So yeah, its pricey.
You definitely spend more than you end up getting back.
Stacey, for instance, practiced alot.Thats what she felt she had to do to calm her nerves.
I love Sandi and I love Prue so much, so at least they were filled with good people.
She sent me an email to apologize.
Shed been given a really, really hard time about it, so she felt awful.
It was quite funny, really.
It looks like everyone is panicking and running around?
But it reallyislike that!
Those last few minutes are always really mad and people always flap and run around.
It really has that adrenaline.
Its very true to life.
The show isnt produced and theres nothing unnatural about it.
Everything happens as it happens.
By the time contestants leave, you get one each.
If youre busy and dont want to talk, theyre cool with that.
I didnt mind them, but some people did.
I always feel so bad when the tent gets hot and everyones bakes melt.
Is there a reason why theres no air conditioning?Its the noise.
Its too loud to use air conditioning in the tent.
It wasnt too bad; you do get used to being sweaty after a while and stop caring.
The show is good to see to it theres chilling equipment.
If youre organized, you’re free to put your stuff in the chiller and theres always room.
It was challenging, but manageable.
I still feel so bad!
When theres chocolate involved, Im like,Why would you assign this bake?
Its Britain, so you could never predict the weather.
Youre like,Ugh, I swear I know what Im doing and Im not an idiot!
I promise you, its the weather!
Weather mishaps aside, which bake are you most proud of?There were two.
The technical from patisserie week so the semifinal were thoseLes Miserablesslices.
The judges said it was the most difficult technical theyve ever set.
Usually you have one or two [pages] of instructions, and this one had four.
Prue just said it was perfect and Paul had nothing bad to say about it.
So that one, and then my entremet in the final.
It was wholly original, I didnt get the recipe from everywhere.
It was purely something I came up with in my mind one day that worked.
It meant a lot to know I could nail it so quickly.
The end credits said you and Steven have enjoyed traveling together since the show ended.
Where have you visited?We went to Kew Gardens, does that count?
Ill count it!So we went there!
Weve been out for dinner and hang out a lot, but we didnt actually end up going anywhere.
We were like, there must besomebodywho wants us to go to Norway or somewhere to cook!
I feel if I needed something, theyd be receptive to a phone call.
Us bakers all have a WhatsApp group and Ive remained good mates with a lot of them.
The key word is trying.
Im still very much training for the British Stunt Register.
Thats ongoing and will probably take me another two years at least.
But baking is what I do now and I channel all of my energy into that.
Thats my main focus.
I just started a little catering business doing wedding cakes and dessert tables for events.
Ive saved the most important question for last.
Who has the bluest eyes in person: Noel or Paul?Oh my, its definitely Paul.DefinitelyPaul.
Pauls eyes are quite piercing and bore into your soul.
